| 单词 | thin gruel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthin gruel thin gruel n. a watery gruel, typically having poor nutritional content; (figurative) something insubstantial, unsatisfying, or inadequate. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun] gruel1362 water gruel?c1450 cullisc1460 chicken brothc1540 coulis1603 barley-milk1607 maize-cream1626 chicken water1684 barley-cream1694 thin gruel1699 viper-broth1702 wangracea1733 barley-gruel1769 beef-tea1783 conjee1789 Revalenta1848 skink1880 toast-water1905 1699 S. Garth Dispensary iv. 41 Cloy'd with Variety they surfeit there, Whilst the wan Patients on thin Gruel fare. 1777 Philos. Trans. 1776 (Royal Soc.) 66 430 The regimen enjoined him, with respect to diet, was only gruel, panado, and sage-tea, with barley water or thin gruel to drink. 1854 Era 27 Aug. 9/4 Is it not enough to have to drink the thin gruel of personal experience, without repeating the obnoxious draught in the pages of fiction? 1940 Brit. Red Cross Soc. Cookery & Catering Man. (ed. 4) vi. 78 Additions in the shape of..thin gruel, followed up by clear soups..and light farinaceous puddings. 2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 10 Nov. a2/4 Smaller trade deals..are thin gruel compared with the original ambition of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. < as lemmas |
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